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Fables For The Times - T. S. (Thomas Starling) Sullivant
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Title: Fables For The Times
Author: H. W. Phillips
Release Date: September 18, 2004 [EBook #13494]
Language: English
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Fables for the Times.
By H.W. Phillips.
Illustrated by T.R. Sullivant.
Contents
The Baa-Sheep and the Lion.
The Dog and the Meat.
The Fox and the Grapes.
The Fox and the Crow.
The Ass in the Lion's Skin.
The Horse and the Oyster.
The Monkey and the Ass.
The Merchant and the Fool.
The Wolf and the Sheep.
The Ambitious Hippopotamus.
The Man and the Serpent.
The Appreciative Man.
On the Not-Altogether-Credible Habits of the Ostrich.
The Idol and the Ass.
The Bee and Jupiter.
The Lion and the Boar.
The Tiger and the Deer.
The Old Man, His Son and the Ass.
The Shipwrecked Traveler.
The Discontented Woman.
The Baa-Sheep and the Lion.
A baa-sheep was lying under the paw of a black-maned lion. Whatever was going to be done had to be done quickly. A thought flashed upon the sheep and he said:
Most dread lord and master, I have heard your voice extolled beyond that of all others. Will you not sing me a little selection from Wagner before I die?
The lion, touched in his vanity, immediately started up and roared away until the goose-flesh stood out on the rocks. When he had finished, the sheep was in tears.
What means this?
growled the lion in a rage. "Do you